Modified Pachube examples to use manual Ethernet config if DCHP fails.

Author: Tom Igoe

libraries/Ethernet/examples/PachubeClient/PachubeClient.ino

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * Ethernet shield attached to pins 10, 11, 12, 13
  
  created 15 March 2010
- updated 4 Sep 2010
+ updated 26 Oct 2011
  by Tom Igoe
  
  http://www.tigoe.net/pcomp/code/category/arduinowiring/873
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 byte mac[] = { 
   0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED};
 
+// fill in an available IP address on your network here,
+// for manual configuration:
+IPAddress ip(10,0,1,20);
 // initialize the library instance:
 EthernetClient client;
 
@@ -38,15 +41,14 @@ const int postingInterval = 10000;  //delay between updates to Pachube.com
 void setup() {
   // start serial port:
   Serial.begin(9600);
+  // give the ethernet module time to boot up:
+  delay(1000);
   // start the Ethernet connection:
   if (Ethernet.begin(mac) == 0) {
     Serial.println("Failed to configure Ethernet using DHCP");
-    // no point in carrying on, so do nothing forevermore:
-    for(;;)
-      ;
+    // Configure manually:
+    Ethernet.begin(mac, ip);
   }
-  // give the ethernet module time to boot up:
-  delay(1000);
 }
 
 void loop() {

libraries/Ethernet/examples/PachubeClientString/PachubeClientString.ino

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * Ethernet shield attached to pins 10, 11, 12, 13
  
  created 15 March 2010
- updated 4 Sep 2010
+ updated 26 Oct 2011
  by Tom Igoe
  
  This code is in the public domain.
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 // fill in your address here:
 byte mac[] = { 
   0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED};
+// fill in an available IP address on your network here,
+// for manual configuration:
+IPAddress ip(10,0,1,20);
 
 // initialize the library instance:
 EthernetClient client;
@@ -37,16 +40,16 @@ boolean lastConnected = false;      // state of the connection last time through
 const int postingInterval = 10000;  //delay between updates to Pachube.com
 
 void setup() {
-  // start the ethernet connection and serial port:
+  // start serial port:
   Serial.begin(9600);
+  // give the ethernet module time to boot up:
+  delay(1000);
+  // start the Ethernet connection:
   if (Ethernet.begin(mac) == 0) {
     Serial.println("Failed to configure Ethernet using DHCP");
-    // no point in carrying on, so do nothing forevermore:
-    for(;;)
-      ;
+    // Configure manually:
+    Ethernet.begin(mac, ip);
   }
-  // give the ethernet module time to boot up:
-  delay(1000);
 }
 
 void loop() {